Thank you, Madam Chair.
Going back to my point, our motion is pro-space and space exploration. If Canada is going to be serious about the space sector, we need a serious government, but we don't have a serious government. I've listed some examples of how the government is not serious. It can't be built on Liberal press releases, a house of cards, insider arrangements and a $200-million blank cheque to a Liberal-connected firm for what's being currently described as a concrete pad, a gravel lot.
This is for a promise of “someday, maybe”. Using the words of the Prime Minister, it is possible but not probable, and then it's probable but not quite possible. He has a good way of playing on words so he can speak out of both sides of his Liberal mouth and somehow try to put up these illusions. Canadians can see through the smoke and mirrors, these illusions that the Liberal Prime Minister is trying to put up. Again, it's for this prospect that maybe Canada will be able to launch rockets from home.
This is real money. This is not Monopoly money. I know the Liberals are trying to devalue our currency so much that our currency sometimes feels like Monopoly money to some spectators, because our currency isn't worth much when there are no investments in Canada and no exports from Canada. They're killing our industry. What drives the valuation of our currency to appreciate, which may help bring down the cost of living, is if other countries buy our exports and have to sell their currencies to buy Canadian dollars to buy our exports, or if they invest in Canada. Again, they have to buy Canadian dollars—which would drive up the value of our currency—in order to make investments in Canada and create jobs.
Of course, Liberals are very keen to pass anti-job, job-killing, anti-growth policies that drive away investment, which drives away businesses and thwarts exports. It's a vicious cycle, as we've seen, with the dollar so weak now compared to the U.S. dollar for prolonged periods. This is not just some fluctuation year to year. It has been 11 years of our Canadian dollar being so weak.
This $200 million is not just Monopoly money, to come back to my point. It's taxpayer money. It's money collected on the backs of families who are already struggling to afford groceries, food, rent, mortgage payments, gas and heating—all the basic necessities of life. For families with young children, it's money for baby formula, diapers and other essentials.
What are taxpayers getting? What are they actually getting? That is the basic question about—